Monthly Archives: April 2007

It’s a beautiful day in suburban Atlanta. The wind is gentle, the temperature is in the mid-70’s. I look out the window at my back yard and marvel that this place really is mine, my family’s own little piece of heaven on earth.

A great friend, Brandon Stickney, has posted the first chapter of his upcoming book about The Seven Sutherland Sisters. It’s a true story, and one of the weirdest, most bizzare stories I’ve ever heard. Basically, these seven sisters and their father found worldwide fame and fortune due to their singing ability and the fact that they all had hair 6 or 7 feet long. They made millions selling hair tonic so other people could try to be as cool as them. They were managed by P.T. Barnum no less. Check out Brandon’s story if you have a minute, please.

Above is the trailer for Black Arrow press’s upcoming anthology, titled, Santi: Lives of Modern Saints. Sounds awesome doesn’t it? But wait, there’s more. It will feature a story by yours truly, and it will appear both in Italian and English. How ya like them apples? I likes ’em a lot. Mark your calendars. December ’07.

Kurt Vonnegut died yesterday at 84. He was a great writer, his influence is everywhere. And he stayed lucid and funny until the end. And during the last few years he always marveled in interviews that he was still alive. “I never thought I’d be around this long,” he’d say, “I’ve had a good life and anything else is just cake.” Or something to that effect. RIP Mr. Vonnegut

Hey yall. Just a quick post to let you know that I am now officially a part of the great Noveltown. And my first post on the paperback writer/noveltown blog just went up. It’s all about bashing the literary elite, and features the following awesome Snoop Dogg interview:

How does Snoop coincide with the literati, you ask. Fuck Bill O’Reilly. And read the post. It’ll make you smarter.